Enchanted Evenings:The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber (95 page)

Rasch, Albertina, 87, W98n23

Rattle, Simon, 173

Ravel, Maurice, 59, 104

“A Real Nice Clambake” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), xx, 198, 206, 313, W104n5

“A Real Nice Hayride” (attributed to Rodgers and Hammerstein), xx, 198, W104n5

“Recondite armonia” (Puccini), 391, W132n22

Red, Hot and Blue!
(Porter), 215, W86n5

Redemption through Love (Wagner).
See
“I Have a Love”

Reprises, 358–60

Riedel, Michael, 409

Regina
(Blitzstein), 112,
285
, 286, 390, W118n27

Rent
(Larson), xxvii, 170, 310, 393, W131n5

Rex
(Rodgers and Harnick), 213

Rhapsodie Espagnole
(Ravel), W118n27

Rhapsody in Blue
(Gershwin), 59, 148, 162, W86n17

“Rhapsody on a Windy Night” (Eliot) [poem], 385

Das Rheingold
(Wagner) [opera], 298, 300

Rhodes, Erik, 156

Rice, Elmer, 136

Rice, Tim, 384, 389

Rich, Frank, 89, 365, 370, W134n56

“The Rich” (Blitzstein), 125, 126,
128

“Rich and Happy” (Sondheim), 373, 380

Richardson, Miranda, 399

Richman, Harry, 104

Riis, Thomas L., xxii

The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
(Brecht and Weill), 117, 131, 132, 147

“River Family” (Kern), 28–29,
29–30
, 73, 390, W89n77, W121n65

Rivera, Diego, 182

“The Road You Didn’t Take” (Sondheim), 377

Road Show
(Sondheim), 338, W75n22

Robbins, Jerome, xxv, xxvi, 11, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 286, 287, 288,
289
, 290, 291, 293, 295, 308, 327, 330, 335, 338, 342, 346, 347, 365, 382

Robbins, Tim, xviii, 180, 182, 184, 185, 186

Robert le Diable
(Meyerbeer), 399

Roberta
(Kern and Harbach) [stage versus screen], 39, 156–57, 189

Roberti, Lyda, 157

Robeson, Paul, xxiv, 24, 26, 160, 162, 191, 364, W101n5

Robinson, Paul, xiv, W76n11

Rockefeller, Nelson, 182

Rodeo
(Copland), 136

“Rodger Young” (Loesser), 235

Rodgers, Richard, xxvi,
5
, 6, 23, 42, 63–64, 132, 144, 243, 293, 342, 359, W100n53, W114n24.
See also
Rodgers (Richard) and Hammerstein (Oscar)

Rodgers (Richard) and Hammerstein (Oscar), xi, xii, xiv, xxvi,
5
, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 39, 47, 49, 87, 107, 108, 109, 110, 143, 153, 155, 176, 195–214 (
196
), 215, 216, 217, 218, 225, 231, 233, 246, 252, 261–62, 263, 264, 265, 277, 310–14, 324, 349, 362, 373, 374, 381, 382, 386, 394, 408, W113n17, W113n19

Rodgers (Richard) and Hart (Lorenz), xxvi, 6, 8, 14, 42, 83–111, 143, 150, 158, 176–80, 189, 190, 195, 212, 213, 215, 221

Rodzinski, Artur, 281

Rogers, Ginger, 60, 85, 136

Romberg, Sigmund, 4, 155, 389, W77n20, W132n17

Rome, Harold, 14, 120, W77n20

Roméo et Juliette
(Berlioz) [dramatic symphony], W120n46

Roméo et Juliette
(Gounod) [opera], 290–91

Romeo and Juliet
(Prokofiev) [ballet], 291

Romeo and Juliet
(Shakespeare) [play], xxiii, 11, 281, 283, 290–94, 296, 298, 329, 361, W116n60

Romeo and Juliet
Overture (Tchaikovsky),
285
, 286, 296, 390, W118n27, W120n46, W123n78

Romeo and Juliet
[Zeffirelli film], 291, W120n48

Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare and early versions), W120n45

Ronell, Ann, 187

Rooney, Mickey, 189

Rosalie
(stage versus film), 155, 156, 189

Rose-Marie
(Friml, Stothart, and Hammerstein), 21

Rosenberg, Deena, W81n54, W89n81

Ross, Herbert, 376

Rossum, Emmy,
398, 399
, 400

Royce, Rosita, 104

Ruick, Barbara,
311

Ruggles, Charles, xxiv,
163
, 164, 165, 189

The Rumble (Bernstein), 280, 295, 303, 328, 329, 330, W118n33

Run, Little Chillun!
(Johnson), 70

Runyon, Damon, 241, 259, 321

“Runyonland” (Loesser), 241

Russell, Rosalind, W125n1

Saddler, Donald, 89

“The Saga of Jenny” (Weill and I. Gershwin), 136, 139,
142
, 375–76, W129n82

“The Saga of Lenny” (Sondheim), W129n82

Saidy, Fred, W113n17

“Sailor Beware” (Whiting and Robin), 165

St. Cyr, Lili, 103, 104

St. Elmo’s Fire
[film], 398

St. Louis Woman
(Arlen and Mercer), 169

St. Matthew Passion
(Bach), 391

Salieri, Antonio, 397

Sally
(Kern et al.), 22

Sanders, Ronald, W97n2, W98n17

San Juan, Olga, 187

Sarandon, Susan, 186

Saturday Night
(Sondheim), 341, W126n20

Savran, David, 352, 371

“Say a Prayer for Me Tonight” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, 266, 276

Schebera, Jürgen, W97n2

Schildkraut, Joseph, 193

Schillinger, Joseph, 59, W86n10

Schoenberg, Arnold, xii, 116, 131, 266, 345, 346, 382, W126n30

Schönberg, Claude-Michel.
See
Boublil (Alain) and Schönberg (Claude-Michel)

“School Days,” 391–92, W132n22

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 178

Schubert, Franz, xii, 93, 221, 390, W91n28

Schumacher, Joel, xxiii, 398, 401

Schuman, William, 234

Schwartz, Arthur, W113n17

Schwartz, Charles, 64, W86n6

Schwartz, Stephen, xxvi, 346, 347

Scott, Matthew, W97n2

See America First
(Porter), 42

Segal, Vivienne, 101, 102

Seiter, William A., 187, 188

“Send in the Clowns” (Sondheim), 349, 359, 381

Señor Discretion
(Loesser), 259

“The Servants’ Chorus” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, W114n28

Seurat, Georges, 365, 366–69, 370, 381, 382

Seven Lively Arts
(Porter), 215

Shakespeare, William, 11, 210, 217, 225–32, 280, 290–94, 298, 317, 318, 329, 361, W124n10

Shall We Dance
(G. and I. Gershwin) [film], 82, 190, W90n7

Sharaff, Irene, W98n17

Shaw, Charlotte, 267

Shaw, George Bernard, 10, 229,
261
, 262, 263–70, 273, 277, W116n56

“Shaw Nuff” (Gillespie), 391

“She Didn’t Say Yes” (Kern and Harbach), 88

“She gonna come home wit’ me” (Loesser), 258

Sheridan, Jamey, 183

“She’s Leaving Home” (The Beatles), xii

Shevelove, Bert, 342, 346

Shirley, Wayne, 68, W73n6, W76n13, W89n80

Short, Hazzard, 138, W98n23

Show Boat
(Kern and Hammerstein) [musical], xiii, xviii, xx, xxi, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19–39 (
25
), 43, 45, 48, 50, 57, 61, 65, 70, 72, 99, 111, 128, 153, 154, 155, 159, 199, 200, 231, 236, 296, 338, 346, 348, 373, 378, 382, 390, 391

Synopsis (W8–9)

Discography and Filmography (W22–23)

Appendix A (W29)

Appendix D (W37–41)

Notes (W79n26, W89n77, W121n65)

Show Boat
[1936 film], xxiv, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159–163 (
160
), 189, 191, 324, 361, 364

Show Boat
[1951 film], 158–59, 188, 314–15

Show Boat
[novel], 22, 34, W78n14

“Show Me” (Lerner and Loewe), 275, 325

Shostakovich, Dmitri, 94

“Shufflin’ Sam” (Kern and Wodehouse), W80n47

Sidney, George, 310, 315

Silk Stockings
(Porter), 232

Sills, Beverly, 112

Simmons, Jean,
319
, 321, 325, W124n13

Simon, Neil, 376, W129n83

Simon, Robert, 27

Sinatra, Frank,
177
, 178, 180, 322

“Sing a Song of Social Significance” (Rome), 120

“Sing like the Bluebird” (Porter), 164

Singer, Barry, W74n10

Singin’ in the Rain
[film], 332, W125n25

The Singing Detective
[film], 180

“Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” (Loesser), 246, 321

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
(Bernstein and Lerner), 278, 308

Skin of Our Teeth
(Wilder), 136

“Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Rodgers), 87, 88, 91, 99, 100, 110, 190, 280, W106n24

“Small House of Uncle Thomas” (Robbins), 281

Smith, Cecil, 20, W73n4

Smith, Oliver, 321

Smith, Queenie, 59

“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” 157

Smokey Joe’s Café
(Leiber and Stoller), xxvii

Snelson, John, 387, 389, 390, 392, 393, 405, 406–07, 408, W74n10, W132n22, W133n36, W133n46, W134n49

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
[film], 156, W125n25

“So in Love” (Porter), 219, 227, 228–29,
314
, 316, 358, 402–3

“Soliloquy” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 84, 204,
205
, 206,
207
, 214, 312, 313

Solomon, Maynard, W91n28

“Some Enchanted Evening” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 381, W133n46

“Somehow I Never Could Believe” (Weill and Hughes), W105n11

Something for the Boys
(Porter), 189

“Something Had to Happen” (Kern and Harbach), 157

“Something’s Coming” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 286–87, 289–90, 294,
304
–5, 329

“Somewhere” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 280, 284,
285
, 286, 288, 289, 294, 295, 296–301 (
297, 299, 300
), 305, 306, 307, 330, W119n36, W122n73, W123n80, W123n82

Sondheim, Stephen, xiii, xiv, xv, xx, xxi, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 213, 234, 243, 279, 281, 282, 283,
284
, 288, 289, 290, 293, 308, 321, 328, 330, 335–82 (
336, 345
), 386, 387–88, 389, 408, W94n59

Song of Love
[film], 187

Song of the Flame
(Gershwin, Stothart, and Hammerstein), 21

“Song of the Zodiac.”
See
“Zodiac Song”